Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-18
chewing IS A BAD FORM.
A HABIT THAT is RAPIDLY BECOMING OBJ
S0LETE.
MEN ARE TAKING TO SUBSTITU TES
THE CONVENIENT SLIP OFSLIP.
perry ELM - LICORlCE. HOW
ROSCOE CONKL1NG BROKE UP A
BAD HABIT.

MdllNldNiilfiN VI l''d''" '"N
that the habit Of chewing is rapid
ly becoming as obsolete as that of
suufl taking, except among work
ingmen. "YOu will find some Of
the older men of wealth and redne.
ment Who chew now a days." said
large dealer, "but they acquired the
habit years ago, when it was not
thought vulgar or disreputable to
chew. Some Of the older Judges
chew, and there were members OF
the supreme court Of the United
States who were not easy on the
bench unless they had quld. y
very few clergyinen use tobacco in
this way, and not a few of the old
lawyers and other professional men
of years. But in the younger gen
Grafton of cultivated men of good
manners there are very few, com
paratlvely, now to be found who
chew. The young men of today
rarely acquire the habit, and | pre-
dict that within the next few years
users OF the weed in this form will
be only those who belong to the
less cultivated society. 1t is now
regarded very bad form to chew,
though thirty years ago it was not.
No; chewing is going the way of
snuff taking
Many of our most prominent
public men have fought hard to
overcome this habit. In Chicago
and st. Louis chewing is now re.
garded as vulgar by persons who
make any pretenSions TO social
standing, and many OF the devices
employed by men to overcome the
habit are amusing. At the late
trial Of Maxwell in st. Louis the
three prosecuting officers were no.
ticed constantly chewing during
the trial, and one Of them said
"Yes, we are chewing spruce gum,
and we are doing it to break the
habit OF chewing tobacco, and it
YOU will notice on the street lou
will see three men out Of five II
mean, of course, those who are not
workingmen) vigorously working
their Jaws. They are chewing
gum. for there seems to be sort
of tacit agreement among gentle.
men here to quit chewing tobacco.
ABIT OF SLIPPERY Elm.
Many men now carry Il strip Of
slippery elm in their pocket, and
when they feel the old craving come
over them then they bite of a bit
and chew it. \ down town drug
gIst said that he sold great deal
of hcorice root to men who were
! trying to break the tobacco habit
Roscoe COnkllng used to chew, al
though he never used tobacco pre-
pared for chewing. He had habit
of taking a good cigar, cutting 1t in
two in the middle. Then placing
the cut end of one OF the halves be-
tween his teeth he would chew it.
He did not take what Ben Butler
is so fond of, a dry smoke, IA it is
called, but he chewed the cigar
He determined 10 break this habit,
and to help him the more "asily to
conquer it he filled his pockets with
lozenges or other choice candies
every morning. COnkling has a
very sweet tooth and is very fond
of good candy. The last three or
four years he was in the senate he
was rarely without lOzenge or
other candy IN his mouth.
Senator Eaton and Senator Jones,
of Florida, were both pets of Conk'
ling, rad both beng very fond OF
candy, almost daily performed this
little comedy: Eaton would stroll
over to Conkling's desk and chat
few moments, never failing toevince
the profound admiration for Conk-
ling that he had. BY and by he
would say: "COnklng, what do
YOU do when your throat IS dry ana
husky 7" Thereupon Conkling would
produce box in which were the
sugar plums, and Eaton, taking
two or three, would stroll lelsurely
away with one in his mouth. by
and by Jones would walk across
the aisle and make his Obeisance to
Conkling. Then he would cough
and hem and clear his throat. Ont
would come the box, and Jones
made himself happy with two or
three candies after sufficient heslta'
ton about taking them. Once
when Jones, of Nevada, was max
ing a long speech and his voice
r grew husky, COnkling arose, pulled
his box of confections from his
pocket and presented it to the
miner with as much fOrmality and
dignity as though comforting the
order of the garter. He afterwards
told Jones that if he would eat more
candy and use less tobacco he would
, have no trOuble with his voice.
But if the habit OF chewing Is
, decreasing that OF smoking is gain
ing. The coming generation, by
all signs, will all SMOKEY. J
Sun.
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